Improved apparatus for drying bricks



S. M. PARRISH.

Brick Drier.

Patenied Aug. 16, .1864.

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I N m kN mznae NITED STATES S. M. PARISH, OF BALDVlNSVILLE, NEWV YORK.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYlNG BRICKS, 81.0.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,861, dated August 16, 1864.

To all trhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. M. PARISH, of Baldwinsville, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Drying Bricks, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line aa: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section between the two righthand posts of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view of OI e of the posts A and a portion of the rails B B.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My improvement has for its object to economize the labor of handling or removing the bricks between the press where they are molded and the kiln, and also to afford compact and convenient storage and shelter in the interval between the time of molding and that in which they are sufficiently dried for burning. I erect two rows of posts, A A, at suitable distances apart by setting their lower ends in the ground or in suitable timbers, and by connecting them by transverse pieces at the top. I throw over them an ordinary pitched roof, D, which may be made of boards or any other cheap material, sufficiently tight to shed rain. On the inside of these posts I nail strips or rails B, which form permanent Ways or tracks for the carriages E E. These tracks are placed one above another a sufficient distance apart to allow the passage of the carriages when loaded with one tier of bricks each, and as many in number as the height of the roof will admit, the latter varying according to the extent and capacity of the works. The building thus formed is designed to be situated with one end conveniently near to the molding-'machine. and to extend to within similar proximity to tlieikiln, and the tracks have sufficient inclination toward the latter to cause the carriages to move in that direction by their -own weight when free. The carriages consist simply of a rough board resting on a pair of axles and wheels, which latter may be of small diameter, so that but little space will be occupied.

The bricks are dumped from the mold on the carriages, and as fast as each is loaded it is run under the roof D till thewhole space is filled. The portion of the track which is outside of the roof D, at the right hand of Fig. 1, is formed of movable rails B, corresponding inposition with the permanent ones. On these the carriages are loaded, first at the bottom, (the rails B being laid up as required,) and to prevent the weight of the bricks from sagging the board when dumped upon the carriage or from tipping it up, and also to hold it in place until loaded, adjustable supports G are employed. These consist of slats, two or more in number, extending crosswise between the track-timbers B, in which they are pivoted by means of the journals a. A rod, H, connects them together at their. lower edges, which, being moved endwise in one direction, turns them to a position nearly horizontal, so that the carriage is moved over them without touching, when a movement of the rod in the opposite direction raises them to a vertical position, so as to rest under and against the board of the carriage, by which it may be elevated sufficiently to clear the wheels from the track, and thus give it a stable support. When loaded it is freed or let down upon the track again by a slight effort of the hand on the rod H, and a touch starts the carriage down the track. The operation of the slats G is in eifect substantially that of cams. The bars B are made removable, so thatthey are capable of being taken out and put iif at pleasure and atford a clear space above the platform of the carriages in loadin They rest in hooks b, or equivalent, and when one tier or track is filled under the roof the bricks are loaded one tier higher by adding a railat the end. Any device for supporting these loose rails which is the equivalent of the hook I) may be used. The permanent tracks covered by the roof D extend from the molding-machine to the kiln, in addition to which I connect a series of temporary tracks, (represented at B on the left-hand of Fig. 1,) sup- ,ported on the posts A, which rest on the top of the ground andare stayed or braced by the stringers I, or equivalent, on the top. The railsi ar e supported on hooks, or otherequivalent device, as previously described. The object of these xtension-tracks is only to en,

able the carriages to be run to the farther side of the kiln, and are removed when that is filled.

(l is a, return-track, having a reverse inclination from the others,on which the carriages are placed when unloaded, and returned by its inclination to the place of loading. This track is placed outside of the posts A and supported on transverse timbers attached to them. If required, three tier of posts A may be used, giving double railway-tracks, a rail being attached to each side of the central row of posts, and all covered by one roof.

This apparatus and arrangement save much labor and time in drying and transferring bricks from the molding'works to the kiln over the ordinary method of transporting on wheelbarrows, while, from not being sub jected to handling while in the soft state, the bricks are left in a more perfect condition.

Various methods have been devised for covering and protecting the bricks while drying on the ground, but none that I am aware of having the advantage of exposure tola free circulation of the air on all sides and removed from the damp exhalations of the ground,

while they are at the same time sheltered from rains and removable to the kiln by the selfaction of the carriages, which follow the inclined tracks in succession to its mouth as the attendant unloads and removes each to thereturn-track.

What I clain1 as my invention, and desire series of covered tracks B ad'ustable loadin stays G H with movable extension-rails B, and posts A, stringers I, and return-track O, substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

S. M. PARISH.

Witnesses:

N. M. WHITE, Fannnmcrc A. MARVIN. 

